Knowing when to end your reception may not seem like a hard thing. You have the reception space rented till 11:00, so the reception ends at 11:00 right? Wrong!
Think about parties or receptions that you have attended and left thinking it was a really great party. If you are at a really great party, reception, concert, anything and it ends with a bang, everyone up dancing, clapping, having a great time, you walk out thinking what a great party that was. If you are at a party, that all the guests have slowly slipped away and at the end you look around and it’s just you and a few drunk partiers in the corner, you and your guests are not walking away with the same feeling.
With a wedding reception timing is everything, including the timing of your exit. You want to go out with a “bang”, so that your guests remember it as a great party. Imagine you’re up on a full dance floor, everyone having a ball, the DJ announces your last dance, everyone steps back to watch your dance and then moves out to line your exit and cheer you to your car. You have left your guests wanting more, not glad it’s finally over.
Keep in mind when planning your timeline, that once dinner is over and the cake is cut your guests will begin thinning out starting with the older adults. Close the bar and you have maybe 15 minutes till the place is nearly empty. Keep an eye on the party, when it starts getting harder and harder for the DJ to get the dance floor full, it is time to end the party, even if there is an hour of rental time left. As I tell brides, you don’t want your exit photos to be a few drunken stragglers blowing bubbles at you. Timing is everything!
Think about parties or receptions that you have attended and left thinking it was a really great party. If you are at a really great party, reception, concert, anything and it ends with a bang, everyone up dancing, clapping, having a great time, you walk out thinking what a great party that was. If you are at a party, that all the guests have slowly slipped away and at the end you look around and it’s just you and a few drunk partiers in the corner, you and your guests are not walking away with the same feeling.
With a wedding reception timing is everything, including the timing of your exit. You want to go out with a “bang”, so that your guests remember it as a great party. Imagine you’re up on a full dance floor, everyone having a ball, the DJ announces your last dance, everyone steps back to watch your dance and then moves out to line your exit and cheer you to your car. You have left your guests wanting more, not glad it’s finally over.
Keep in mind when planning your timeline, that once dinner is over and the cake is cut your guests will begin thinning out starting with the older adults. Close the bar and you have maybe 15 minutes till the place is nearly empty. Keep an eye on the party, when it starts getting harder and harder for the DJ to get the dance floor full, it is time to end the party, even if there is an hour of rental time left. As I tell brides, you don’t want your exit photos to be a few drunken stragglers blowing bubbles at you. Timing is everything!
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